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College
Professional Development Day
Friday, May 13, 1983

TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION
A THREAT OR A CHALLENGE

Guest Speakers: Roger Elmes, Director,

Canadian Studies Office,
Bo. Gabe

Kathleen Forsythe, Know-
lege Network, Executive
Director

Displays of Hardware and Software

and
A Social Event

Program
0900 hours Coffee
0915-1015 Community College: Dinosaurs of

Information for Society or
Catalysts for the Future
(Roger Elmes)

1015-1130 The Integration of Innovation
(Kathleen Forsythe )

1130-1200 Question Period

1200-1300 Lunch

1300-1500 Demonstrations - Hardware and
Software

1500-1600 Discussion and Summation
(Elmes and Forsythe)

1600-1800 Complimentary - Wine & Cheese

- Entertainment

Roger Elmes

Roger Elmes promises that "no punches will
be pulled" in his presentation. He believes
that all in the College community, including
faculty, administrators and board members
are sadly lacking in initiative and know-

 

 

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ledge with respect to the impact of tech-
nology in education. Further, most are ill-
equipped to deal with realistic policy and
action for the present and for a future in
which the impact of technology will be even
more dramatic.

Roger will present an overview of policy

responses by colleges across Canada and will
give pointed recommendations for the Commun-_
ity College. |

‘Kathleen Forsythe |

Prior to joining North Island College as a
tutor, Kathleen lived in a small village in |
Ireland. While living there, she completed
a degree through the British Open University

After serving as a tutor at North Island
College, Kathleen became Coordinator of

Learning Resource Development. She left
North Island College to become Executive |
Director, Learning Systems for the Knowledge|
Network of the West. (KNOW)

Kathleen will be talking about "The Integra-
tion of Innovation" with specific reference
to the impact on learning. She will be
focusing on the means whereby innovations of
various types (computers in education are
just one example) become integrated into

our regular processes and, in a sense, then,
become the norm, ceasing to be viewed as
innovative.

 

Workshops

The workshops described on the following
two pages are given by the Northwest Program
Development and Coordination Centre.

Those persons who are interested, should

contact Gerry DellaMattia to obtain regis-
tration forms.